TY - BOOK AU - Schick,Kurt AU - Schubert,Laura TI - So what?: the writer's argument SN - 9780199949076 (pbk. : acidfree paper) AV - PE1404 .S337 2014 U1 - 808/.0071/1 23 PY - 2014///] CY - New York, Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Study and teaching KW - Report writing KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing KW - bisacsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 278) and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Why Do We Argue? -- Chapter 2: How Do We Argue? -- Chapter 3: How Do We Read Arguments? -- Chapter 4: What's a Good Source? -- Chapter 5: Where Can We Find a Compelling Thesis? -- Chapter 6: How Do We Support Arguments? -- Chapter 7: What about Faults and Gaps in Arguments? -- Chapter 8: How Do We Develop and Organize Arguments? -- Chapter 9: How Do We Use Sources Responsibly? -- Chapter 10: What about Style? -- Appendix A: How to Benefit from Peer Review and Collaboration -- Appendix B: Templates for Organizing Arguments -- Readings --"A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind" by Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T. Gilbert --"Is Google Making Us Stupid" by Nicholas Carr --"With Liberty and Justice for Some" by Emanuel Grant -- Index N2 - "HOW to write compelling arguments WHY the practice of argumentation is essential to academic work So what? the writer's argument teaches students how to write compelling arguments and explains why practicing argumentation is essential to learning and communicating with others. Practical exercises throughout each chapter reinforce this broader academic aim by focusing on the key issue of significance-helping writers answer the "So What?" question for themselves and their audiences. By showing students how their writing fits within the broader context of academic inquiry, So What? encourages them to emulate and adapt the authentic academic styles, foundational organizing structures, and helpful rhetorical moves to their college classes and beyond"--; "So What? The Writer's Argument is the first, very brief rhetoric to teach students how to write compelling arguments in college by showing them why the practice of argumentation is essential to academic work. Practical exercises throughout each chapter reinforce this broader academic aim with specific writing objectives focused on the key issue of significance - also known as the "So What?" factor. Short, flexible, and affordable, So What? begins by teaching students how to understand their compositions as contributions within the broader context of college, as important practice in academic inquiry and knowledge making. By teaching students how to become apprentice scholars, So What? gives students access authentic academic styles, foundational organizing structures, and helpful rhetorical moves that they can emulate and adapt in their college classes and beyond"-- ER -